Sleeping through the night

Has anyone else's little ones still not started sleeping through the night? Trying not to feel the pressure but have friends with younger babies and they all are however we are up 2-3 times still sometimes! X

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I mean it depends what they consider sleeping through, really. Apparently, if they just wake for a feed but fall asleep straight away you can consider that sleeping through, unless they wake up and won't fall back asleep for a while or something then i would say that is them getting up. But definitely don't feel bad tho plenty of adults wake up through the night 😊 all babies are different.

Mine has slept through the night since around 1 year old. I have no idea how your managing 😭. They don’t waken for a feed or anything unless they are ill or teething.

Maybe you should try the crying out method. That’s what we did and worked wonders. It was hard at first but it only took 3 days. If they cry over x amount of minutes you go in and check on them and leave again after if they are ok.

We have a nighttime routine and they know after a book is read it’s time for bed and can have a toy in with them to help them sleep.

Ours sleeps through if she sleeps in our bed. I can't be bothered getting up multiple times so I just bring her in on her first wake and we are so used to her being in the middle of the bed that we actually get a good night sleep these days. The cry it out method doesn't teach them to sleep through, it just teaches them you won't go to them. Which doesn't sit well with me, but each to their own of course. Most my friends' kids sleep through and in their bed from earlier age but knowing it's because they haven't been responded to just reminds me we all have a choice and we are happy with ours.

Can i ask what is through the night? 10 or 12 hours? Recently we had 8:30 pm until 8/8:30 so 12 hours plus daytime nap 2/3…. We always had 12.5 -13 hours. So i assumed if he slept 10 night then extra 2 daytime. Now i am not sure on -10 hours is gull night? I assumed they cut daytime nap to 1 hour if its full 12. I got confused

My little one still isn’t sleeping through the night. He has a feed anywhere between 11pm-1am and again any between 4.30-6.45am but this regularly changes especially when he is under the weather.

Easier said than done but try not to compare your little one to anyone else’s as they’re all different and that’s okay.

I struggle with sleep and rarely sleep through and understand my little ones may not either, as much as I’d love them to sleep 7pm-7am or 8pm-8am!

Our little boy wakes up still 2-3 times a night aswell I feel your pain. Mine is a little monster for actually falling asleep in the first place aswell. X

Yep still not sleeping through, wakes at least once. 💙

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